The girl has never had a blow-out in any other outfit. But this one? It apparently causes her intestinal system to turn into Mount Vesuvius.

Natalie had a similar quirk. When she was young and Corey and I were still jet-setting across the country at will (I think she was on 25 flights before she turned one), she would invariably have a blow-out during take-off. It got to be so predictable, I wouldn't even put a cute outfit on her for the first leg of our trip, because I knew it was going to be changed on the plane anyway.

(For the record, here's a picture of Natalie and me, on her first flight, just minutes away from her first take-off blow-out. Precious memories.)

Corey and I had all sorts of theories about what triggered this phenomenon. The changing air pressure during ascent? (Which, if true, doesn't bode well for us during The Rapture.) The corny jokes from the Southwest flight attendants? (For the record, I adore Southwest.) The bad coffee at the San Jose airport?

We never did figure it out. And now we're dealing with The Predictable Relaxing of the Bowels, Part 2.

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I know exactly what causes it. You are so in love with this outfit, and even moreso with Teyla in this adorable outfit, that the pressure in your house changes from the increased endorphins mommy is experiencing. It's like the fairmones that dogs can sense. So, Teyla "relaxes", because she feels so loved.

My husband was great with our daughter when she was a baby..except for changing poopy diapers. It made him nauseous. Every Sunday when I went grocery shopping and left her alone with him she would fill her pants within the first ten minutes I was gone. He claims it was a conspiracy.